Worship is for Allah only; and those who have taken others as their supporters beside Him say; “We worship* them only so that they get us closer to Allah”; Allah will surely judge between them regarding the matter in which they dispute; indeed Allah does not guide one who is a big liar, extremely ungrateful. (*The pagans regarded their idols as smaller Gods and worshipped them.
Orang-orang musyrik yang mengaku mempunyai penolong selain Allah berkata, "Kami menyembah mereka bukan karena mereka itu pencipta. Kami hanya menyembah mereka agar mereka mendekatkan kami kepada Allah dengan syafaat yang akan mereka berikan kepada kami di hadapan Allah."